The New York Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1871, Page 7

filled by Poles alone. One Polish nobleman, Count Goluchowski, a prominent patriot, is Viceroy. Another Polish nobleman, the Count Grocholski, who but recently prayed “that his right hand might wither” if he proved false to Poland, is Minister for Galicia in the Cabinet of the empire, And it is only recently that Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, presented a scene which was in the last degree encouraging to those who hope at no distant day to see Poland revived, We have already in these columns referred to the Polentag. We again refer to it for the sake of mentioning some important facts. On that occasion two thou- sand guests sat down to the banquet in the Town Hall. Most of the representatives ‘were, of course, from Austrian Poland, but there were nota few from Prussia, Russia, of course, was unrepresented, except by the exiles. It was noticed that all of them, fol- lowing an ancient custom, brought with them earth to the memorial mound which was to be raised on the occasion of the gathering. One speech was delivered a portion of which deserves to be reproduced, The speaker was the eloquent Mosezenski. ‘The darkest hour,” he said, ‘‘was often the precursor of the dawn, In spite, or rather by reason, of their unex- ampled oppression, the Poles were now a more united nation than they had been in more prosperous times, Out of the red sea of blood and death had risen the oneness of national life and feeling. There were no longer classes in Poland. They were one against the com- mon enemy, and it was necessary that they should be one, firm and inseparable. They were about to fight a great fight, a fight with- out quarter, a fight for liberty and life—and they would conquer. Poland had allies, and the three crowns of the Jagellons would be cen- tred on one head.” Think of it, The crowns of Poland, Hungary and Bohemia on the head of Francis Joseph! How the tide has turned since 1843! How all this shall turn out for the future of the Austrian empire we know not. It isa hazardous experiment. But so much success has already attended the nationalities that we advise our Scottish friends to burnish up the regalia in Edinburgh Castle and insist on Queen Victoria submitting to be crowned Queen of Scotland. If our Irish friends in Dublin bave not a crown let them procure one and make a similar demand. After the example of Austria England must give in. Tue NewoastLte Mrivers on StrRIxe have met with a peace champion in the person of George Potter, who yesterday published a lengthy letter in the London 7imes recom- mending the black diamond diggers to com- promise their differences with the colliery owners, as stated in our cable despatches. But both Bradlaugh and his irrepressible friend above mentioned must feel greatly cha- grined at the announcement made by the agent of the strikers in London, that the miners will have nothing to do with them. Hence the monster meeting called to as- semble on Trafalgar square has been post- poned and a side war against the government avoided, because the North country men are too wise to amalgamate their interests with such a crowd of paltry, pettifogging politi- cians. These chiefs of the London “reds” will lose a grand opportunity for denouncing, from between the paws of Landseer’s lions, all good government and social order under the guise of fighting for the “poor working- man ;” but no one who knows them and under- stands the utter selfishness they have dis- played in reaching at political offices over the heads of the bone and sinew of the country will feel the least disappointed at this result. Neither Beale, Bradlaugh nor Potter ever started any question relative to reform for workingmen that had not at iis basis a secre- tary’s position, a house or large emoluments for themselves, They have lived upon the ‘subscriptions of honest laborers for years and are doing so still. A Hoots Pocus anp A Hoper Popar ALL ‘Arounp.—The public mind must become be- ,Wildered at the daily developments of corrup- tion and venality in nearly all our official de- partments—both local and national. When the whining Army Paymaster Hodge entered upon his official duties in Washington, to get a word with him was attended with as much dif- ficulty as it would to obtain an interview with the Imanm of Muscat. This might have been all right and proper if he had been honest and conscientious in the discharge of the duties of his place, and wished to surround his bureau with such safeguards as would tend to Promote the pudlic interests. But to find him dabbling in Wall street stock specu- lations while he was making this pre- tentious show of care for the people's money evidences a degree of moral depravity rarely to be found equalled in the calendar of similar crimes. Verily, verily, the times are out of joint, and men are cursed who endeavor to set them right. Looxise Sake Arrer THE WALL Street SpgouLators.—There was a sensation in Wall street yesterday, when the speculators down there learned that Judge Bedford had ad- dressed the Grand Jury on the subject of an alleged conspiracy to affect the money market and business of this city. The address of the Judge and other particulars with regard to the matter will be found in another part of this paper. Whether this evil can be reached or not through the Grand Jury and legal process remains to be seen; but, whatever may be the facts or the result of this movement, every good citizen will give Judge Bedford credit for vigilance and for his endeavor to protect the community, Tae Woman's Crus iN Wasnineron is offering very large inducements to the demi- monde to quit their life of shame, and as they are backed by the determination of the city authorities to root out the houses of ill repute and thus destroy the pecuniary success of the avocation in the federal capital, it is likely the Wo1nan's Club will be partially successful, A business college is the latest wrinkle of reform that they propose, it being intended to educate abandoned women to some kind of trade, The whole project of this Woman’s Club is a new and good one, and it would be an immense benefit to the country if it could be found successful; but it can hardly be so until the great dragon of the social ostracism of the degraded has been overcome and conquered, THE TRENTON MURDER, George Lawton, keeper of Fort Rannsley, Warren atreet, Who stamped Jonathan Brooks to death in that house on the 6th of September, has been ad- pris to bail by Justice Beasley in Uie sum of 5 NGLAND. Neweastle Miners and Trafalgar Square Politicians, The Paris Crew, of St. John, Denounced as Cow- ards by English Journals—Giadstone’s Glas- gow Supporters Inviting Him to Their City—Mr. Seward in London, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Lonpon, Sept, 15, 1871. Mr. George Potter suggests in the London Times to-day # compromise of the Newcastle dimcnity. He recommends that the employers adopt nine hours as the datly term of labor, and that the striking work- men sacrifice half an hour’s wages per day to secure the reduction of hours, ‘This, Mr. Potter thinks, would come very near to Satisfying the desires of both parties, The meeting announced to taxe place in Trafal- gar square, London, for the expression of the sym- pathy of the London workmen for their brethren in Newcastle-on-Tyne, has been postponed because the Newcastle representative on the committee which called the meeting objected to coalescing with Political parties. DENOUNCING THE PARIS CREW OF ST. JOIN. The English sporting journals denounce the Paris crew of St. John, N. B., as cowards for refusing to meet the English crews at the Halifax regatta. ‘The same journals on the contrary praise highly the American crews who participated in tae race at Halifax. DESTRUCTIVE VIRE IN KENT, An immense mill for the manufacture of cloth at Rochester, in the county of Kent, twenty-eight miles from London, was burned last night. Eight hun- dred workmen were thrown out of employment by the disaster, LEAD MINE DISCOVERED IN JERSEY, Arich mine of lead has been discovered in the island of Jersey. INVESTIGATING THE LATE NAVY DISASTERS. Acommittee of experts has been appointed to investigate the recent mishaps to vessels of the navy. MR. SEWARD IN LONDON. William H. Seward has arrived in London. eLLION FOR AMERICA, All the steamships which left English ports yester- day for New York carried specie, GLASGOW GREETING GLADSTONE, ‘The supporters of Mr. Gladstone held an enthusi- astic meeting at Glasgow to-night and adopted a resolution inviting him to visit the city, FRANCE. Charges of French Diplomatic Reprosontatives to the United Siates, Switzerland, Italy and Ger- many—The Assembly Places the Govern- ment Under a Committee of Control. TELEGRAN'S TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Sept. 15, 1871, The negotiations now in progress at Versuilies between the Count de Remusat and Herr Von Arnim are said to mvolve a territorial rearrange- ment which will rectify the frontiers of France and Germany. CONTEMPLATED DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. Rumors are current of fresh changes in the dip- lomatic representation of France near the govern- ments of Switzerland, the United States, Italy and Germany. It issald that M. Pierre Lanfrey will be appointed Minister to Berne in place of M. Chateaurenau 4, ‘Who goes to Washington instead of M. Jules Ferry, The Duke d'Harcourt, it is also said, will be ap- Pointed Ambassador to Florence, in place of the Count de Chorseal, who will be transferred to Berlin, THIERS’ GOVERNMENT UrpEN SUKV EILLANCE. VERSAILLES, Sept. 15, 1571, The Assembly to-day elected the Committee of Control, created by the bill of Prorogation, to super- vise the government during the recess. It is com- posed of eleven members of the Right wing, eight ; of the Leit and six Moderates, SPALW. The King’s Amnosty to Political Omfend: TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Sept, 15, 1871. The official Gazefte publishes the instructions given by the government to the local authorities throughout Spain for the carrying Into effect of the decree of amnesty for political offences just granted by King Amadeus, TURKEY. Municipal Reform Ordered by the Sultan—Con- ferencs for Improving European Systems of Telegraphy. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 15, 1871, The Sultan bas ordered the Grand Vizier to insti- tute reforms, tothe end that public right be more secure, and the dispensation of jusiice be entrusted to worthy and capable men. EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH REFORM. Itis announced that the government of Turkey has deciaed to participate in the conference to be held at Berne, Switzerland, on the 25th inst., for the improvement of the telegraptic system and service of Europe, The statement 1s also made that another con- ference with a similar object will be held in Rome in December, ALGERIA, — Shooting the Insurrectionary Leadors, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, ALGIERS, Sept. 14, 1871. The large town of Lehifka bas been destroyed, and the insurrectionary leaders tn the vicinity captured and shot, THE CHOLERA, Fearful Death Rate in Konigsberg and the Baltic Provinces, TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD, BERLIN, Sept. 15, 1871. ‘There were ninety-three new cases of cholera at Konigsberg on the 12th inst, and sixty-three deaths, On the 13th there were sixty-eight new cases and forty-five deaths. ‘The disease has disappeared from Dantzic, and 1s merely sporadic at Stettun, EUROPE LONDON MONFY ee in od Sept, M.Consols closed at or both money ana the ac- count. United States livectwenty bonds, 1e0ds, ‘5 1866s, ‘Old, 98% ; 18874, 91% ; ten-forties, 903g. B36; 1889, LONDON PRODUCK MARKET.—LONDON, Sept, 15—4:30 Pp t eae oll, £34 od og irks eed BOs, x owt. ommon rosin, 8. tda i. por cwt, Peteoleum, Tia. a it Me ssid AN MARKETS, 15—4:30 P, Tr yation. p Lrvenroor, Corton MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Sept, 16— 4:80 P.M. market closed fim, middling uplands, 936d, ; middling O71 a. ‘The sales of the et 15,000 bales, Including for export ang opectiation. if LIVERYOOL BRBADSTUFFS MARKET, —LIVERYOOL, Sept. 1b a 87s. per bbl. for Western vanal, M RY, LIVERPOOL, Sept. Dbl for tine Western prime Cheese, 51s, por ews. for the 3d.” per grades of American B BANK OF FRANC statement of the Bank o! cw! BA: & Sept. 16.--The Bank Belgium has ad f aigcount to diy per come. FRANKOORT MONBY MARKET. FRANKFORT, Sept. 14— Evening. —United States tive-twenty bonds closed the taste of 185%, f yr CUBA. Honors to the Captain General- Dining, Wining and Serenading at Mauzanilla—Con- tinued Surrender of Insurgents. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOXX HERALD. HAVANA, Sept, 15, 1871. Valmaseda, the Captain General of the tsland, has arrived at Manzanilla from Santiago de Cuba. He was received with much enthusiasm. There was a general illumination and a serenade in the evening. The City Council also gave a grand dinuer in his honor. The three convicts who escaped from the Matan- zas prison were recaptured vy the civil guard from Bunba on the 12th inst. Accounts from different points state that the In- surgents are delivering themselves up. HAYTI. Denial of a Northern Invasion—The St, Domingo Cabral Faction About to Appoint a Pro- visional Government. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. JACMEL, August 22, 1871, The National Assembly adjourned on the 20th inst, The country is perfectly tranquil, There seems to be no truth im the rumor of a Northern revolutiunary invasion. The Cabral faction at St. Domingo is quiet. The adherents of Cabral announce their intention to appoint a provincial government to regulate the revolution. VENEZUELA. Barcelona Held by Governmont Troops—Presi- dent Blanco Buying War Material— General Salzar’s Proclamation Against the President. TELEGRAM TO THE HEW YORK HERALD, CARACAS, August 27, 1871. The government troops have agein taken posses+ sion of the town of Barcelona, They have been successful everywhere. The government fleet ts effective in preventing the landing of revolutionists. ‘rhe prisons are full of political prisoners. President Guzman Blanco has ordered large quan- tities of munitions of war from the United States, and seems determined to pacify the country, General Salzar, who lately returned from the United States, has issued a proclamation trom Cura- coa against President Blanco. SERIOUS RIOT Li PAWLINS. O’Brien’s Circus Performers on the Rampago— Wholesale Robberies in Pawling— One zen Murdered. PAWLING, N, Y., Sept. 15, 1871. The men sttached to O’Brien’s circus and me- nagerie, which was to have performed here to-night, have created a riot. ‘hey have robbed nearly every house in the village. One citizen has been killed and several have been wounded. Plundering 1s still going on, The authorities have telegraphed to Dover Plains for assistance, WSAIHER REPORD Wa OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 8! WASHINGTON, D. 0. Si Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, The area of lowest pressure, which was = Thursday night, in Kentuck has reachea over Lake Erie to Central New York and Pennsylvania, and the barometer has failen on the upper lakes and the entire Atlantic coast, The area of rain has extended to Maine ana now covers New England, it having already generally ceased on the lower lakes and south westward, areca in the interior of the Carolinas, Clear weather is now reported from Kentucky, South and West, and in Florida. Northeasteriy winds on the eastern and middle Atlantic coasts are veering to the southeast and southwest, and light northwesterly winds prevail from Maryland | to Lake Huron; clouds and fog over tho Middle ‘States and lower la! Prodabitities, The lowest barometer will probably move Fast. ward during the night, with brisk southerly winds, for a short time northeast of and on Lake Untario, followed westerly winds and cloudy and clearing weather over New England and the Middle States on Saturday, Clear weather will probably prevail in the Southern ana Gulf States, and falling barometer with threatening weather and southerly winds from Lake Superior to lowa, by north. NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 1871, Deputy Sheriff Lincoin and posse, from Santa Cruz are searching forthe gang of the notorious bandit Procopo or Red Dick, who shot Oficer Liddell in a raid on Santa Cruz on Sunday ast, He discovered one of the gang yesterday concealed under some hay in a barn in the Santa Cruz mountains, near Vine Hill and a fight ensued, The bandit, who proved to be Pancho Barcumes, Spaniard, fired rapidly with @ revolver, but a volley from the posse laid him dead. The party ascertained that Procopo, who was desperately wounded by Liddeil in the fight on Sunday, was within hearing when the fight began yesterday, but was hurried away in a buggy by his comrades, Narcisco Rodeguez, oan of the gang Was arrested at Monterey yes- erday. RAILROAD MATTERS, The Penobscot ard Union River Gail dl. BANGOR, Me., Sept. 15, 1871. The town of Bucksport yesterday voted to sub- Scribe $65,000 to the stock of the Penobscot and Union River Ratiroad. subscription of $83,000, makes a total of $148,000 from Bucksport alone. North Missouri Railrond, St. Lovis, Mo,, Sept, 15, 1871, Several more suits have been filed against the North Missouri Ratiroad to-day for amounts, aggre- galing nearly $140,000, due on promissory notes, A CHANCE FOR JUSTICE AT LAST, MOBILE, Ala., Sept, 15, 1871, Coroner Paine yesterday arrested E. P. Sprague, United States Inspector of Botlers, and Hugh Bar- ney and Bill Murray, owners, on a charge of man- slaughter, in accordance with the verdict of the jury at the inquest on the Ocean Wave disaster case, ‘The Inspector furnished oail in the sum of $5,000 and the owners $2,000 each, PRESIDENT GRANT, Prrrspure, Pa., Sept. 15, 1871, President Grant and party arrived in this city at two P.M. to-day, from the oil regions. They re- mained haif an hour and then proce to Wash- Pa., where they will be the guests of Mr. ington, Wiitain McKeuua tor a tew days, YACHTING NOTES, Yacht Rambler, NY.Y.C., Captain Banker, from New York, is at anchor off Whitestone, Yacht Fleur de Lis, N.Y.Y. Captain Dickerson, passed Whitestone yesterday. ViEWS OF THE PAST. SEPTEMBER 16, 1870—Prince Bismarck addressed @ circular to the German Minisiers abroad declaring (hat Ger. many must receive Metz and Strasbourg as the price of peace and to prevent any attempt to revenge Ler defeats, to Which the offensive ower given her by (Nese fortresses would urge Franc +. The Itallan troops oecupied Civita | Veceuta, in the Papal States. 1857—The British assaulted Deilil, India. 1776—Battle of Harlem Plains, British defeated, 1701—King James I, of Engziagd died. excepting over a small! Rhode Island | This, added to a private | NEW YUKK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1871.—TKIPLE : SHEET, BEN BUTLER. The Old Story Retailed in Northampton. A Large Crowd to Hear Butler Abuse Tlis Opponents. The Man Who Never Lets Up on an Enemy. Butler as a Reformer and Free- dom-Shrieker. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Sept. 15, 1871. Northampton is on pins; that 1s, it is in a great state of excitement from the fact that, ac five o’clock this afternoon General Butler arrived here from North Adams, and everybody is awakening to the exigencies of the cecasion. The arrival was at- tended by no particular demonstration. A-small crowd met the candidate at the depos, and he was Immediately takea charge of by Colonel J. B, Parsons, who accompanied him to the Mansion House, where he had supper and an hour's rest. The City Hall was, as usual, the scene the time the doors were opened, notwithstanding the disagreeable mist that was falilng, every seat was occupied and nearly every inch of standing room taken up. Probably fliteen hundred persons, ladies and gentlemen, were present, and the per- sonnel, as & Whole, was of a more than ordinarily nigh order, The General made his appearance at precisely at a quarter of eight o’clock, and as he passed through the crowd on his way to the plat- Wildest enthustasm, Everbody seemed pleased to meet him, Even after he had taken his seat the ovation continued; but when quiet had at length ensued Colonel Parsons stepped forward and intro- duced the General, as follows:— LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—We nave with us to-night one of the few independent public men of our day— one whose motto has been, is now and ever will be “death to traitors and the enemies of the old flag’— @ man who can say “no!’ without the advice of any | Ting or clique on the face of Goa’s earth, (Applause.) I have the honor to present to you the Hon, Benja- mun F, Builer of Lowell. (Applause.) BUTLER’S SPEECH. The General stepped forward to the speaker's desk, glanced over the assembly, removed the per- spiration trom his brow, and drawing in a prepara- tory inspiration spoke substantially ag follows: FELLOW CITIZENS, ladies and gentlemen, I shall have to ask you to bear with me for a few moments unul I can recover some- what of my veice which has become silghtuly lin- pated by reason of the mountain ai and I think that after a little, if you will give mie your attention aud kindly bear with me in silence, [ can make my- self heard, and therefore I must ask you all to do your share towards keeping quiet. 1 come to you heralded by a thousand slanders—a thousand calumutes, if [ deserve — them I ougiit not to be here, and, if I do not deserve them, then it will be for you to consider what is the cause of their pouring out upon me? The history of my position is a very brief one, bemg the repre- sentative of the Filth Congressional diswict in Con gress. On my return from my labors there T was led to look into the census statistics of the United States, and, of course, my own beloved Common- wealth first attracted my attention, and thereI found, to my utter surprise and astonishment, that the agricultural portion of my State was decreasing in population and prosperity; and here the General told WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT FARMING once more, and from that subject le passed on to a cousideration of the Auditor's report. Here are men, he said, that have got control of your State government Who are not responsible to the people, You cannot get md of them. You can only get rid of them by some strong effort. Well, my friend said to me, are you Willing to go before the people, to me if Lean only be of good to my State or my comntry, and, therefore, I agreed to be their candl- | date for Governor. (“Whew!? said a voice to the right.) Calumntes and vituperation then flowed out like water in every possivie form. I was surprised, but not astonished. Lam geiting a little too ola to be astonished at anyimng. (Applause) 1 was surprised, uot astonislied; but when 1 was asked by a portion of the people o city of Springtield to come and give them my views yon tle Various matters interesting them, then 1t redoubled, apparenily for the purpose of’ seeing it they “could not drive me from my purpose of doing what T thought was best. Let me Say, all the vituperation and calumny that assailed me had about as much effect upon me, avd will have avout as much effect upon me in the future, as pouring water on a duck’s back. (Laugiter aud | applause.) They ransacked the records of my life, and through black hearts they ransacked even then the vile slanders of Brick Pomeroy, and brought asses from the grave, where they have lain filty years, before the people, ia order to see if Wey could not frighten me some.’ And here the General sank his voice to a Monotone and guttaral, and shaking his hand im the atr as he pronounced each word, and pausing between the words to note their effect, he i, “But they have not succeeded.” The Gene- ral once more Whipped out that ‘cambric wipe,” to which, from the bad cold under which he labored, he was destined to have frequent recourse, and aided emphasis to bis declamation by point ing his fists at an imaginary enemy:—“Now, when I strike back,”? he said, “upon those men what do they say + Why (laughter), ‘Personal |’ (Ap- plause.) And [ would like to ask if I ever Tet up on anybody that I have tackled uatil he got enough of it? (One hiss, very tutnt.) Now they have demanded my figures aud I will endeavor to prove to you that they are correct, When you Will ve able to measure all the other stories that you see in these newspapers avout me. Nov, | propose to prove to you that an articie which I shail read is untrue. If I do it, then you will excuse me from going into the proofs ot my other, You wiil learn all from one. Its titie is ‘a LIE WELL STUCK TO,’ turned around to the reporter's taple, which was on tue plaviorm back of him, and smiled blandly to the humble scribes wio were seated thereat. He then went into the subject of State expenditures, and, producing two or three copies of our Auditor's accounts, he directed his attention rst to Colonel Parsons and then to the audience, “f would like,’’ he said, “to ask any geantie- man to took over these figures with mé and see if I read themright.” (A man got up.) “Ob! ab, ah !’? said the General, “please look over that (and he passed down a copy). If lam wrong interrupt me; if yon don’t interrapt me tll lam wrong you wou't interrupt me at all.’’ (Laughter,) And now the General turned to the Colonel. “Now, Mr, Chairinan,” he said, “yon just take this book and read over It, too,” This matter satistactorily arranged the General proceeded with his speech anu told about tne legislature aud the constitution and the Boards of Commisstoners, &¢., &c. Every moment or so he would pause to ask—Mr, Chairman, 18 that so?” “Yes.” Or, “Mr. Whats Your Name, is (uat mght “Yes “Very well, then,” and tne General, care- folly depositing tus handkerciuef on ue corner of , the desk Lelore him, hitched up bis coat sleeves and told what he Knew about the Executive Depart: ment, ‘1 hope,’ he said,catching sigtt of a brother of Oliver Warner in the audtence; ‘+1 hope the Secretary of State is present. I don’t find any fait with nim’? ‘The General then gave some more figures, “i am compelied to go back to 1860," he sald, “as we had no military establisument in 1861, a8 all the soldiers had gone to the war, and the only peace estaniish- ment we had in Massachusetts were the editors who were leit behind. (Laughter and a dh the Bosion Journal call uy assertions a lie well siuck to? THE USUAL ANNOYANCES. At this juncture the General was very much an- noyed by & slight local disagreement among some persons near the entrance. Sowe ten or a dozen of them insisted on arguing @ point of their own, ou side Irom the point of the meeting, Whether it was | @ point of order or not is not Known, but there can | be no doubt that it was a point, for very soon the General stopped in his speech and pointed his finger at them. “Whish,” exclatmed a son of Erin, | who desired j ace, and sounds of “Shi! “shir were heara from about the platform, but it did no good, and the General satd:—“May 1 ask the persons in the rear of the hall to re/rain from | conversation’ Tspeak with great dificuity and it | exceedingly annoying, and, if any of them desire to speak, let them come up here and I will divide the platform.’” This was suificient, and,the orator was able to proceed, which he did by telling about wha had been characterized as his heresies, in comparing the expenses of 1860 with those of 1570, He said:—I am aware that these figures are | dry to those who don’t pay any tax except poll taxes, and there are two classes of those, One 80 poor that they cannot pay any, and the other so rich that they do not pay any.’ We neara great deal abont men making money, bat men do not make money. Some men earn'a great deal of money, and some otier men get money hy their | wits Which other men earn, and that is what they call making Money. Referring to the INNUMERABLE COMMISSIONERS the General sai ‘ome ten or twelve of them have gone to pieces, cleared ont, left,’ and the Gen- era told Gus fact with & peculiarly dry expression of countenance and tone of voice, and next ree verted to the Fish Commission, “Well, the members { the Raulway Commission, whereon they got $25 4 jay, went On to the Fish Commission, where they gor but $10, showing that it was easier to supe tend the shad than ft was to superintend the rail way,” “Hal ha! ha! roared a man to the right, con- vulsed at dhe comical picture the orator Was delius of the speechmaking, and in fifteen minutes from | form he was cheered and applauded with the | quitting your place in Congress aad try this j thing? And said, I am at the public ser- vice, anynow, Whether I am in one piace | or another, ‘It 18 of very little consequence your nelzhborhoodin te | and the General read the article in question as usual, | Shall | eating. Drawing his “wipe” tho General agam re- beat what he had said ntan early day with relation frequency of elections:-—*So great an evil had the people thought the appointment of Sheriffs, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor and State Treasurer to be by the’ Governor and Council, that the constitution was altered and the people were given the power of electing all these officers; but since that time, substantially, all this freat array of Boards of Commission, who do the duty which your State oficers ought to do, they have grown up trresponsible to you and irre: sponsible to all men. Now you can understand avout all this outlay of men, who are more or less connected with ‘te metropolitan newspapers, Oue of the chief of them—one who has run up his salary from $2,000 to $3,700 a yoar—ts Warrington, and of him I shail now cease substan- tually to speak, because all questions between him He aided by a State Ct, and me have been settied by his townspeople. lives in the town of Malden, and Senator of last year from t dist @ representative to the General Court from that district, they got up a cauens, called it at hali-past seven o'clock, mover that the poils close in ten minutes, when there were but thirty. and by eight people there, one of whom was chairman of | the meeting and three of whom were on the ticket for delegates; but sundry gentiemen came tn in the Meantime, and a discussion arose and tt was voted after others came in that the polls be kept open tor one hour, and the people of Malden came tn and elected delegates upon a ticket beaded “Butler ‘Ticket for Governer,” by one hundred and twenty-three against twenty-nine for Warrington, (Laughter and applause and one or two hisses.) The matter stands just about as Uncle Toby said to the fly that buzzed about luis nose, it to put hi out, and satd, “Go, poor devil; there's roow enough in the world for you apa me both.” (Laughter.) The General next read the Somere ville campaign ducaments once more, and } talked about Iong legisiative — sesstons, | have becn abused,” he said, “by all the newspapers in the metropolis, All the county press support | 1 do not complain, because it 13 overdone and tt Is doing me good. {don't think I could agord to pay the Springiieid Repudtican for the use of as much of as much of ttas I have had; but lam as much obliged to It ag though I co (A Vorcr—“it's } been a benefit to you, General.”) Now one of those papers that abused me is one of | the advocates of Mr. Rice for Governor. Well, Mr. Rice is a very respectavie gentleman, and in ordi- nary times would make @ very good Governor, When he was the candidate for the P,P. Ls. I thougbt he was | date, but this paper and it 1s the Boston up to Springfierd and said what [ did was very bitter, aud it pretended to be ; only bitter but witter, (Laughter.) Well, now, [ am entirely uncertain whether I am the task of Palit | these things, but I have a fancy that 1 have nad a little more experience in cleaning out bad places than most of the men that have been nominated, (Applause.) | my colleague Mr. Washburn, whom [ regard with the high respect, in ordinary times would make a ‘ood Governor, but then he ts too clever ana kind- eartek for the present emergency, Everybody almost that you can nominate for Governor is under | Some obligations to these men somehow, but, thank God, Lai not, (applause) and therefore, I think, L can do the job better than he can. (‘Laughter and whistling.) The General next touched upon advocated Mr. Rice— It LabOR REFORM, PROHIBITION AND WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. Tn reference to the last question he sald, “I have no doubt of the right of women to vote, but if there ig any donbt upon that question i think there ought to be a declaratory law to that effect. At any rate, whether I am right or wrong, I think 1 18 & question wich ought to be gravely | discussed, considered and determined by the | Legislature of Massachusetts, It ought not to be sucered and thrown out. We ought never to sneer at any new question of reform. We can remember | how many men sneered at the idea of the abolition of slavery when it Was much more unpopular than and yet we have all lived to see how wrong they + Were; therefore, let us sheer at no great question of reform.’ The General then told a little story with reference ‘to prohibition. “A temperance map,” he sald, | “came into my office lu Boston and said, ‘Weil, General, you are going to be Governor?’ guess you have not read the papers.’ (Laughter.) ‘Weil,’ said he, { would like to Know whether you will enforce the Probibitory law? ‘Certatnly,’ said I, ‘lt ought to be enforced.’ In the course of the same day I went to dinner, and, as 1 was sitting there in the hotel, the proprietor came along to me, and said he, ‘Well, General, you are going w be Governor.’ ‘Well,’ T said, ‘but you don’t read the papers.’ ‘Oh,’ sald he, ‘I hope you will.’ ‘Well,’ said I, ‘that’s strange.’ ‘Yes,’ said he, 1 hope so, because you will shut up ay, house. I want you to shut it, up and every other house in Boston that sells liquor, on the 1st day of next February, when the Legisiature ts all here, sO that no Senator or Kepresentative can get. adrop. Then they wtil repeal the law.’ (‘Tre+ | mendons applause and cheers.) Ajter reterring to the fact that the people of his and his soldiers sustained hi, the General “But you say, ‘General Butler, why do you ‘come before the people? Because [could get a I came before you when I | hearing in no other way. { Was forced to come, a3 a ma'ter of self-protection. | I come belore the people to break down the tyranny of newspaperdom—a tyranny of that trresponsthie power belore whom no man’s character is safe— which enters every man’s house anu belies his ; Wife and children, and he has no defence from that | irresponsible newspaper power that atracks ail men of character, and to which most people must yield to that Irresponsible power, which comes to tuts, | they write without its belug Known to their fellow citizens who they are, for they all look alike in print. A men can be up in tie back attick and write an article abusing the best jan in the Stare, and yet, if you knew 'him, you would ‘know tiat’ ms” landlady | would not trust him for a week's board, Yet he appears tn private just as well as the best man in the State; and then his ptece is copied into | the next paper, and then another man like tm writes another article, and that is copied into the tirst paper, and they cry out, “This is the press; this is public opinion,” while itis only the opinion of two newspaper scrivbiers, who could have been nired to write the other way for as many dollars ag they are years old, and I say I have come to get rid of that pow eknowledge the press; [ ace knowledge tis influence, ana largely acknowledge 18 proporuions. 1 look around aud see the country press voing that woich they think ts fight, because generally they belong to no cliq' They have nothing to do with ringsin_ the Sia lalso see others that have a desire to keep the same dominas the newspaper press; but if there is one thing I thank God tor more than auother it | is that I neither love them nor fear them. Applause.) 1 have only to thank you from my beare of hearts for the Kind courtesy and extreme atiention with which you have listened to What I have said. You have seeu this meeting, 18 not this an orderly meeting? It is just as orderly, and no more so, than the vartous meetings I have addressed im the Commonwealth, aud yet you have seen that my audiences have been reported as disorderly, rude aud anquiet. That is the lalse pre- sentation of the press, who send out reporters j order not only to malign and slander me, but the good people of ‘the commonwealth who have come out to hear me, and except that drive away that slander, as friends in their places, the best citizens of which have written of he proprietors of the press, denouncing as talse the report of the riotous conduct of therr fellow citizens, in the wi presente in the same way. aud Iam wying now to defond you agatst that necessity.” The General conciuded at half-past nine o'clock, when he was congratulated on tue platform, aud the meeting quietly dispersed. ‘The caucuses here wiil be held to-morrow, and tt is thought that, althongh the place 18 ina Wash- burn locality, two out of six delegates will be elected for the General, At Shelburne Valls to-day, when the train arrived with General Butler, on nia way from North Adams to this piace, a crowd of two or three hundred had congregated and cheered him lustily, when he stepped upon the platform and adaressed them for a few moments, and as the wala started he was again heartlly applauded. Personai Intelligences. Bret Harte ts m town at the Brevoort ifouse. United States Senator John P, Stockton yesterday took quarters at the St. James Hotel. Lord Pakenham, of the Britisn Legation, apartments at the Clarendon Hotel. Dr. J, ©. Ayers, of Lowell, Mass., i3 residing at the St. Nicholas. has at the Clarendon Hotel. H. J. Stephenson, of sheleid, Englaad, yesterday arrived at the St, James, General L. B. Frieze, of Providence, R. I., is a res- ident of the Hoffman House. St. George Jeffreys, of London, ts domiciled at the Clarendon Hotel. Colonel Jerome N. Bonaparte and bride will leave the Hotfman House for Newport this evening. fornia, now of Nevada, yesterday arrived at the Sturtevant House. Colovel E. E. Norton, of New Orleans, ts staying at the Astor House. Captain E. B. Ward, of Detroit, is at the St, Nicholas. The Rey. Dr, Clover, rector of the Church of the Messiah, at Greenbush, N. Y., has been designated by Bishop Doane to lay the corner stone of Trinity church, at Gloversville, The date of the ceremony has not yet been fixed upon. lege. Mr, Wood ts now seeking some deserving youth, the son of poor persons, to nominate. Other colleges should follow the exampie of the Medical College, fad thus we cowutry would have fewer persons with the alphaver tacked to their names, fod some ambitious ‘jut poverty-stricken youths woukl be given a Chance to grave their names on the tablet of fame. He caught him and went to the window and opened | “qT | me to-day; but have been abused in one, of which | more than an average candi. | Transeript—when I went | not | equal ‘to | | the woman sullrage question, or any other question, | Said I, ‘I | ton they have ever had for my friends who have | been heretofore ruled targeiy by men who make up | Ihave here given, you would also be re- | Waldeman Bodisco, Russian Consul, 18 stopping | Ex-Governor J. Neely Johnson, formerly of vait- | ' As an expression of esteem of the Faculty of the | Medical College of Kentucky for ex-Mayor Fernando | Wood, he has been given the privilege of naming & | EK. young man who shall be a free student at the col- } 7 WASHINGTON. Preferred Against Major Hod:e. Charges No Favors To Be Granted Defaulte ing Revenue Officials. | WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 1971. | Charges Preferred Agniust Major Hodae. | The Secretary of War has sent to the Judge Advo- cate General the communication of General Brice to the Adjutant General detailing the circumstances of the Hodge defatcation, and the Secretary has di rected the Judge Advocate General to prefer | charges against Major Hodge, The applica- , Yon on behalf of Hodge to be relieved ‘from close conflnement has been refused by the Secretary of War, and he will therefore remain, as now, in close | custody at Fort McHenry, Paymaster Gen- , eral Brice called on the Secretary of War “ls morning to say that he courted the full; | est investigation into his oMctat conduct in the ad- ' ministration of the affairs of the Pay De artment, | and especially with regard to the Hodge defaicas tion, General Belknap has offictally informea the Secretary of the Treasury of Hodge's \ofaication, his arrest and imprisonment, and of tie action | looking to his trial by the military authorities, A Breezo Among Officlals=Shi ting iicsponsi- bility. ; Ithas transpired to-day that the statement tur- mished by Paymaster Genercl Brice to the Asso- ed Press, concerning the defalcation of Major Hodge, was his official report to the Secretary of War. The Treasury officiais are naturally indignant’ that charges should be made aguinst that depart- Ment; but positively refuge to make any statemeats until the letter of General Price is officially transmit- ted to the Secretary of the Treasury vy the Secretary of war, then the charge of responsibility and ne- glect will be definitely xed. The Acting Unite States Treasurer to-day mstructed the heads of divi- Stons under him to submit immediately such facts | @8 they had tn their possession, and the Acting See- retary of the Treasury has also asked for copies of all letters bearing upon the matter that have passed between the Paymaster General and tue Secretary of War. The Treasury Department blamed , the Paymaster General, and this official blames the Tteasury Department for not discovering the defaicauion of rodge months ago. At present there are at best only surmises as to the actual de- ficlency, and the Second Auditor, in whose officoy the accounts of Hodge must he audited, hag ordered an extra force of clerks to tmme- diately examime the accounts of Paymas- ter Hodge. This will be a@ slow process and the exact amount of the deficit cannot possibly be ascertained for several months, There are all ! sorts of stories as to the manner in which Hodge was enabled to misappropriate government funds, but they utterly fail to auswer the conundrum of the day here in Washington, “Iiow did he do it?” Suits Against Defauiters To Bo Pressed. The sureties upon the bonds of the collectors ot internal revenue against whom suits have ocen commenced for balances due the government are | very generally asking for a continuance of the suits until the next term of the Court. Commissioner Dougiass uniformly declines to accede to any re- quests of this character, being determined to press Suits In all these cases, The Iiodge Dofalcvation—Shif: sponsibility. The cotton crop reports purporting to have come from the Department of Agriculture during the past month have not been genutne. The ttems in circu- lation—often contradictory in tenor and assuming to be oflciai—have had no origin in the statistical data of that office. Tho returns of September in- clude reports from about tour hundred cotton-grow~ ing counties, representing a very large proportion of the cotton area. ‘those for August point to an ) Sverage condition of the crops, aimost identical | with that of the preceding reports, the averages for | Alabama and Mississippi being the same, those of | Louisiana and Tennessee being higher, and those of other cotton States being lower, The State | averages of the September report are some- | what lower than those of August, though | the principal depreciation occurs in the States ' which yield a small proportion of the crop. While reduction is slight in the important district rep- | Tesented i the States of Georgia, Alabama, Missis- | Sippr and Louisiana the perceutage of tuil condition ; in the first week of September, as averaged from all | the obtainable data, 19 thus stated:—North Carolina, | §2; South Carolina, 80; Georgla, 73; Florida, Ala- | pama, 80; Mississippi, 80; Louk it, 77; Texas, 81; , Arkansas, 95; Tennessee, 99. There are reports of injuries by the boll worm and caterplitar, mainly tn Mississippt and Louisiana, but no evidence that Q general or very serious los# from insects is probable. Rust is common in the At- lantic Stwes and to some extent on the Gulf coast. Drouth has heen tnjurtous In the Caro- Imas and Texas, though the reports of rainfall through the South tndicate a fair supply of moisture, the distribution of which has been somewhat more unequal than usual. At one point in Georgia the fall in August was nearly fourteen inches, and ta parts of Florida it amounted to twenty-three inches, ‘The variable atmospheric conditions have increased the prevalence of rust and caused the destruction ; Of both leaves and fruit. These drawbacks, though reater than those reported in September ot jast year, are not sufficiently —_serions to excite apprehensions of a greatly depre- | clated yield. They are reporied each year | | some portions of tne cotton area. In the records of | last year there was considerabie complaint of dame ages to the cotton crop from rust, Worms and un- favorable Angust weather. These facts do not point to an enlargement of the expectation hitherto indulged in, If they are reliable the most favorable season could scarcely bring a crop exceeding three and one-third millions of bales, If the growing sea. son shoutd be short or unfavorable 3,000,000 of vales would be a good result, and with a combination of unfavorable circumstances the product migut be still further recuced. Al.—Barry’s Safo Bair Dye, the Only coloring free from dangerous ingredients. ‘Basily applied. Only oae bottle, A.—For a Stylish and Elezant Hat so direct to the manufacturer, ESPENSCHEID, 113 Nassau st. the Ke- Av~Herring’s Patent . CHAMPION SAFES, ol Broadway, corner Murray se39 A.—Phalou’s New Perfumes, “1 LOVE YOu" and “WHITE ROSE.” A.—Forn Stylish and Elegant Hat, at Popue lar prices, go to DOUGAN’S, 102 Nassau street, coraer Aun. A Luxuriant Head of Hair and a Cool, Clean scalp are very desirable. CRISTADORO’S HAIR PRE- BSERVATIVE will ac lish both. Try it. A Cool, Delicate Hatrdressing—Chevalier’s LIFE FOR THE HAIR- Recommended as the only vegeta- bie preparation in the world for restoring gray hair; stove ts falling, increases its growth, re ‘all bad effects of salt bathing on the hair, Sold everywhere, A.—A.—82 Saved on Fall Style Geutlemon’s Dress Hats. Largest stock ever offered at retail. , O. D, HAT COMPANY, 16 Cortlandt street, Caution—In the Use of Disinfectants ware of those which contain poison, BROMO-CHLUORALUM ja free from all poison and 1s entirely bariaiess and safe. Prepared only by TILDEN & CO., 176 William street, New York. Sold by all aruggiats, Dr. Cotton, Having ried from His Eoras pean tour, will hereafter be at his odice in the Cooper Iu Lute to administer the gas in person to aii who desire Teed extracted without pain, David's Fall Hat for Gentlemes.—Salesroony 29949 Broadway, near Duane street. Knox.—Our Napoleon of Hatters is Aan in the field, and with his display ot the fall style of Hats, at 212 Broadway, has something which ort rivals in Dri Haney the sun of Austeriitz, KNOX hawa way of puiting certain nish to. the productio genius which stein | the purchaser with wondermen with a Knox! tor September, 1871, can be distinguished from al, others, Are the Only Snfeo on, and BROMO-CHLO- disinfectant to use about LDEN & ©04176 Wile, RALUNmisen Prepared ouly by j Tam Meet, New York, Fall Styles Hate and Capa, for gen youths ant bora, novy reaty, TERRY, 1 Upion square. iray Unies Prevonted, Dandrugf, Removed, the scalp cleansed and the liair made to grow thick by tba use of HAUL'S VEGETABLE SICILL’y HAIR RENEW- Without Prin. Dr. HASBROUCE | ato operator at Colton's, bas removes from Coover foaW 14 to 637 Broadway, corner 22d sb Teeth Extracty 4